Improvement in cigar-molds



N. DUBRUL.

Cigar-Mold.

Patented Ian. 26,1875L FIG.

.Attest,

NAPOLEON DUBRUL, OF CINOINNATI,'OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-mores Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,! 65, dated January 26, 1875; application filed October 26, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON DUBRUL, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have in vented a new and useful Cigar-Mold, of which the following is a specification:

My invention has for itsobject the produe tion of a mold for pressing tobacco into the -form of cigars, which combines the advantage ofa true and nearly-seamless form removal from the mold.

Cigar-molds have been constructed whose receiving troughs or matrices have flared to ward thc parting, and whose entering-matrices have been at the extremities of tongues whose sides have had a taper corresponding to the flare of the said reeeiving-troughsf From such molds the compnssed bundles are readily )1- moved; but they are liable to the objection of creating protruding fins or seams at the two lines of parting, which mar the bundle and detract from its commercial value. To avoid this defect the receiving and entering portions have been made with perfectly straight or parallel sides; but in such the two members bind too tightly together in the act of compression, and the bundle is so tightly griped within the troughs as to bewith di'lticulty liberated therewith easy from after the cope or upper member has beenlifted for that purpose. I

I combine the advantages and avoid the defects of these two descriptions of mold by forming one side-say, the left sideof both receiving and entering matrices substantially perpendicular, and closely hugging one another, and'by forming the opposite or right sides with just suflicient flare and corresponding taper to afford adequate draft for the easy liberation ofthe pressed cigar or bundle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is'a transverse section of the old flaring mold in the actor compressing the bundle, portions of the stock being seen working up between the sides or opposing walls of the matrices. Fig.

2 is a transverse section of the receiving-half ot' the old parallelsided mold, showing then formed cigar confined in-the bottom of the trough. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of my improved mold, in which- A is the lower or receiving member, and B the'npper or entering member, of the mold The 1eft-hand walls, a and b, of the receiving and entering matrices,respectively, are sub-' stantia-lly perpendicular to the plane of parting, and closely hug one another, while on the other hand the right-hand walls, a b, have just sufficient draft to enable the easy lifting of the upper member of the mold, and the extrication ot'the cigars after pressing.

A In the drawing, the leftsides of the walls are shown perpelulieular, while the right-hand sides of the same are inclined; but it is evident that this arrangementm'ay be exactly reversed. The present form is, however, preferred, because it facilitates the handling of the molds.

It is apparent that a cigar molded in this manner will have at most one fin, or, in otherwords, that its periphery will present a fair and unbroken surface almost entirely around, and will consequently be better than one having two opposite tins, and which cannot be presented in any aspect in which a fin will not be visible.

I claim as new and of my invention,-

A eigarmold, the walls on one side of whose matrices are made perpendicular to the plane of parting, and whose matrix-walls on the other side have sufiicient draft for the extrication of the compressed bundles, substantially as set forth. V

-In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

NAPOLEON DUBRUL. Attcst: Gno. H. KNIGHT, 0. l. UAYLOR. 

